Shipping-package



S. ZIELEZINSKI. SHIPPING PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-27.1920. 1,348,682.

Patented Aug 3, 1920.

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SbefanZlblezizwki,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEFAN Z IELEZINSKI, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIPPING-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 3, 1920,

Application filed January 2'7, 1920. Serial No. 356,033.

the customer after removing the contents thereof, returning the emptycases to the seller to be usedfor a subsequent shipment.

The main object of the invention i'sto provide said casing withpermanent addresses of the 'consignor and consignee of such a characterthat they cannot be lost or tampered with in transit and which may bequickly reversed when said cases reach their destination in eitherdirection thereby placing the cases in condition'for immediate shipmentto their next destination.

"The invention consists primarily of a shipping case having a hingedaddress plate so mounted thereon that it maybe reversed as desired andlocked in adjusted position.

The invention further consists in an address plate having addressesonboth sides and provided midway of its length with alined trunnionsmounted in bearings, said plate being freely movable about the axes ofsaidtrunni'o'ns when the cover of the case is open and the locking platemoved outwardly.

The invention'further consists of a slidable locking plate coacting withsaid address plate and preventing movement of said address plate abouttheaxes of said trunnions when'the slidable plate has been positionedpreparatoryto the shipment of said case. The inventionfurther consistsin certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be understood readily by reference to the description of thedrawings and to the claims to be hereinafter given. V

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred formthereof is illus- 'trated in the drawings, this form having been foundto give satisfactory and reliable results although it is to beunderstood that the various'instrumentalities of'which the inventionconsists can'be variously'arranged and organized and the invention isnot limited to the precise. arrangement and organization of theseinstrumentalities as herein shown and described, except as required bythe scope of the appended claims.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a shipping case embodying theprinciples of the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents a plan of a'portion of the same showing one of theaddress plates.

Fig. 3 represents a similar view with the sliding lock-plate partiallywithdrawn.

Fig. d represents a similar View with the address plate reversed.

Fig. 5 represents a vertical section on line 5, 5, on Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section on line 6, 6, on Fig. 2, and t Fig.7 represents a similar view to Fig. 5 with the sliding lock-platewithdrawn sufficiently to permit the reversal of the address plate.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures ofthe drawmgs.

r In the drawings, 10 is a front wall of a shipping case, the upper edgeof which extends above, the end wallsll thereof The upper edge of therear wall 12 also extends above the end .VitllS 11 and this rear wall 12is provided with hinges 13 for the cover 14.

It is obvious from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings that when thecover 1 1 is closed,'its front edge will abut the inner face of thefront wall 10. i

The cover is provided with a hinged hasp 15 'coactingwith a staple 16adapted to receive a padlock.

The cover 1i has set into its upper face, two rectangular frames 17which are preferably secured thereto by means of screws 18. Preferablythese screws 18 are inserted from the inner face of the cover andthreaded to the rectangular frames 17 so that when the cover is down andlocked these frames 17 cannot be tampered with.

Beneath the opening in each rectangular frlafme 17 is an opening 19 inthe cover itse Each frame 17 is provided with opposed guide grooves 20in which is slidably mounted the projections 21 extending laterally froma locking plate 22.

Pins 23 extend across the outer ends of the grooves and coact with theprojections 21 to limit the sliding movement of the locking. plate 22 ineither direction. v

When the locking plate 22 is inits rear; most position, the frontprojections 21 will bear against the pins23 and thefront edge of theplate 22 will coincide with the front- I i film distributers. Thissliding plate 22 has at its outer end,'

edge of the cover 14:.

a downwardly extending ear 24 by means of which the operator may movetheplate 22 outwardly'into the position indicated in Fig. 7 of the drawingswhen the cover 14:

has been opened. I

When the cover it closed the plate 22 will be in the position indicatedin Fig. 5

'of the drawings with the downwardly projecting ear 24 abutting theinner face of the front wall 10 of the case.

Immediately above the sliding plat 221's an address plate 25 fitting theopening through the frame 10 and provided with alined'trunnions 26midway'of' the sides of said plate 25. V

The trunnions 26 extend into bearings in the frame 10 about the axes. ofwhich the "address plate 25 may be moved in either direction when thesliding locking plate 22 is drawn out into the position indicated inFig. 7 of the drawings.

On the cover, la'there are two rectangular frames 17, one in the upperleft hand corner and the other in the lower right hand corner.

The address plates are preferably of metal and the one in the righthandlower corner has stenciled onone face thereof, the name and addressof the shipper as indicated at 27, while onthe opposite face isstenciled addressat the upper left hand corner inclihand corner is theaddress of the whom the goods are shipped.

cates from whom the contents of-the case are shlpped while the addressin the lower right party to When the case with its contents reaches itsdestination the recipient removes the con tents from the box, pulls outthe slides 22. reverses the plates 25, returns the slides 22 tov theirnormal positions, closes the'cover 14;, locks the'same and the emptycase is readyfor return to the dealer. 7

andthe cover closed, it is absolutely impossiblev to tamper withtheaddresses of either the cons gnee or consignor;-'

-When: the address, plate 25. is. in; itsinormal position its under facerests against the sliding locking plate 22 and is retained in thisposition with its outer: face flush with the outer face of the frame 17.

. This shipping case is particularly adapted for ,use in shipping motionpicture films to the various motion picture theaters from'the As soon asa new film is received in the packing case at the theater where saidfilm is to be displayed, it is removed from the case and a filmpreviously displayed is inserted into the box, the addresses changed andthe case with the old film immediately returned to the filmdistributers. H Itis believed that the operation and its many advantageswill be thoroughly understood without further description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 7 V 7 1. A shipping caseprovided with an opening in a wall thereof; an address plate pivotallymounted. therein and adapted to be reversed by movement about-the axesof the pivots} thereof; and means for locking said address plate inadjusted position.

- 2. A shippingcase provided with an opening in a wall thereof; anaddress plate pivotally mounted therein and adapted to be reversed bymovement about the axes of the pivots thereof; and a sliding plate forlooking said address'platein adjusted position.

3. A shipping case providedwith an opening through the cover thereof; areversible address plate thereinyand a coacting locking platethereforadapted to be moved only when the cover is lifted to permit the reversalof the address plate.

4. A shipping case provided with an opening through the cover; a metalframe therefor having alined bearings midway of its length; an addressplate having trunnions in said hearings; and a plate slidably mounted insaid frame in contact with the inner face of said address plate. 7

5. A shipping case providedwith an opening through the cover; a metalframe there- "for having alined bearings midway of its length; anaddress plate having trunnions in said bearings; and a plate slidablymounted insaid frame in contact with the inner face of said addressplate and with its for- "ward end registering with the forward edge of.said cover. r

l 6. A shipping case provided withan opening through the cover; a metalframe therefor having alined bearings midway of its length an addressplate having trunnions in said bearings; and a plate slidably mount- Itis obvlous that by means of this con-' Tstruction, when the goods havebeenpacked ed in said frame in contact with the inner face of saidaddressplate and provided with a downwardly extending ear at its forwardend.

. A shipping case provided withia cover the front edge of; which,;wlienclosed, abuts the front wall of said case; an open frame set into anopening in said cover and having guide grooves in opposed walls thereof;a reversible address plate mounted in said frame above said grooves; anda sliding plate in said grooves with its outer end provided with adownturned ear abutting the front wall of the case when said cover isclosed.

8. A shipping case provided with a cover the front edge of which, whenclosed, abuts the front wall of said case; an'open frame set into anopening in said cover and having guide grooves in opposed wallsperpendicular to the front edge of said cover; a reversible addressplate pivotally mounted in said frame above said grooves; a slidableplate having at opposite ends thereof projections in said grooves; andmeans coaoting with said projections for limiting the sliding movementof said slidable plate.

9. A shipping case provided with a cover the front edge of which, whenclosed, abuts the front wall of said case; an open frame set into anopening in said cover and having guide grooves in opposed Wallsperpendicular to the front edge of said cover; a reversible addressplate pivotally mounted in said frame above said grooves; a slidableplate having at opposite ends thereof projections in said grooves; andpins extending across said grooves and coaoting with said projectionsfor limiting the sliding movement of said slidable plate.

Signed by me at 7464 Old South Bldg, Boston, Mass, this 21st day ofJanuary, 1920.

STEFAN ZIELEZINSKI.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LoMBARD, NATHAN C. LOMBARD.

